Long-term posttraumatic stress disorder in mine workers after a coalmining disaster
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Acute posttraumatic stress disorder in victims of a natural disaster.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1806-938X,0101-6083
DOI: 10.1590/0101-60830000000223